Carlos Alcaraz and Andrew Agassi They fell this Wednesday in an exhibition match of US Open against the couple formed by Novak Djokovic and John McEnroe.
The match was played in a super tie break with a result of 10-8 in favor of the Serbian and the New Yorker.
The four center court tennis players have 43 individual Grand Slam titles (24 Djokovic, 8 Agassi, 7 McEnroe and 4 Alcaraz), including 11 New York titles (4 Djokovic and McEnroe, 2 Agassi and 1 Alcaraz).
Before starting the match, Agassi joked about his state of form and said he trusted Alcaraz to win the match: “I’m looking forward to seeing him cover the entire court.”
Djokovic and McEnroe – who were better than Agassi – dominated the first points of the game, going 5-0.
The tennis players played with a microphone so the audience could hear them, but Agassi was the most talkative of the four.
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“Why didn’t you fail?” he asked Djokovic after a few backhand exchanges in favor of the Serbian.
“Come on, Carlos, do your thing here, I’m doing all the work,” he joked to Alcaraz after losing all the initial points. “Hit the other guy,” he added, referring to McEnroe.
After that dominant start, Djokovic said with a laugh: “It was too easy for us.”
Alcaraz and his partner took the rest of the match more seriously, getting closer to 9-8 on the scoreboard, but at the decisive point Agassi sent him away again.
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After the rivalry, Alcaraz considered himself a “lucky guy” to have played with McEnroe and Agassi.
“Obviously, I’m not used to seeing them around, so I’m a lucky person who tries to spend as much time with them as possible, trying to hear as much as I can, just to learn from the legends,” he said.
Alcaraz wasn’t even born when Agassi and McEnroe lifted their Grand Slams.
For Djokovic, it was his return to the court after winning the gold medal at the Paris Olympic Games in a decisive match against El Palmar.
“I told Carlos at the net when we finished the final that I’m very grateful to him for making me win the gold. He’ll probably have three golds before he retires. So that’s great,” Djokovic said.
This Thursday the pairing draw of the tournament will be held, with Italian Jannik Sinner the top seed, Djokovic second and Alcaraz third.
Source: La Verdad
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